This is the audio from the U.S. memorial for the mother of radical
feminism, Simone de Beauvoir, held two weeks after her death. It took place at Soho 20 Gallery in New York City, organized by Redstockings.
Many feminists gave testimonies and messages:
- Celestine Ware (part 1.)- Collete Price (part 1. She reads from Beauvoir's 1972 book "All Said and Done," and reads from the 1949 Introduction to "The Second Sex")- Kathie Sarachild (part 2.)
- Ti-Grace Atkinson (parts 3 and 4. She went to Paris for Beauvoir’s funeral, and reads a message from French radical feminists, including Christine Delphy)- Rosalyn Baxandall (part 5.)
- Marisa Figueiredo (part 5.)- Message from Shulamith Firestone, read by Marisa Figueiredo (part 5.)
- Patricia Mainardi (part 6.)- Marilyn Webb (part 6.)- Message from Judith B. Brown, read by Kathie Sarachild (part 7.)
- Marilyn Lowen (part 7.)
- Faye Levine (part 7. Along with her own remarks, she delivers messages
from Elizabeth Sutherland Martinez and Laura X, both from San Fransisco)- Victoria Schultz (part 8.)
- Message from Brooke, read by Laura Cunningham (part 9.)- Corrine Coleman (part 10. She reads a passage from a 1979 interview of Beauvoir)- Irene Peslikis (part 10. She reads a quote from Beauvoir’s "The Second Sex," a chapter on The Independent Woman)- Message from Carol de Saram, read by Kathie Sarachild (part 11.)- Message from Carol Giardina, also read by Kathie Sarachild (part 11.)- Catherine Henry (part 11.)
Read about Simone de Beauvoir,
and find much more on radical feminism, consciousness-raising,
speakouts, and Women's Liberation organizing in the Redstockings online library.
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